Wrapper-cutter.



S. S. GIERHART.

WRAPPER CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 12, 1914.

Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

Application filed June 12, 1914. Serial No. 844,734.

To all whom it may concern Be it 'known that I, SYLvEs'rnR S. GIER- HART, a citizen of the United States, resid ing at \Vanette, in the county of Pottawat- -omie, State of Oklahoma, have invented scription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a cutting device, and more particularly to a cutting device to be used to cut paper wrappers from bundles.

In wrapping packages it has become the common practice to draw the wrapper tight about the material within the packages and to paste the said edges of.the wrapper together. WVhen packages are wrapped in this manner it is sometimes very difficult to strip the wrapper therefrom and it becomes tiresome to use the finger in tearing the wrapper.

An object of the invention is to provide a simple and efiicient device which may be placed on the finger and by means of which wrappers may be readily cut so as to be removed from the package.

A further object of the invention is to so construct a device that it will brace the first joint of the finger on which it is mounted.

With these and other objects in view, such as will appear as the description progresses, my invention comprises the combination and arrangement of parts as herein set forth and subsequently claimed.

Referring to the drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device showing the operation thereof. Fig. 2 is a side elevation with a portion broken away.

Referring to the drawing by reference I characters wherein like parts are indicated by like characters throughout the several views, my device comprises a tubular body portion 1 having a longitudinally extending hole 22 therein, which hole is tapered toward the cutting edge of the device. In this tubular member 1 is formed a slot 3 which opens on the rearedge of the said member so that the body member will accommodate itself to fingers of various sizes, it being of curse understood that the device is made of light spring metal and may be either stamped or bent into form. The forward end of this body portion 1 is cut away so as to form a finger 1, said finger being pointed, as at 5, at its forward end, and the edges of said finger being sharpened. The por tion of the body 1 immediately beneath the finger 4:, which in fact forms the bottom of said finger is flattened so that in cutting a wrapper from a package of paper the device will lie flat upon the paper in the package.

Formed integrally with the finger 4 is a centrally located cutting blade 5' having a sharpened forward edge 6. The edge of this cutting blade joins the finger et a short distance rearwardly of the forward end thereof and it then extends upwardly and,

This cutting blade extends upwardly beyond the upper edge of the body portion 1 so as to form a projection ,7.

In use the device is placed upon the finger of the operator, preferably the second finger, and is held thereon by the clamping action of the body portion 1. The hole 2 in this body portion is of sufficient length to allow the finger to be inserted beyond the first joint so that the body portion will brace the said joint. In opening a package of paper for instance where the wrapper has been securely pasted in place thereon, the ends of the said wrapper are broken and the finger 4 is then inserted beneath the edge of the wrapper and the device pushed across the same, thus causing the cutting edge of the blade 5 to cut the said paper and the wrapper may then be readily removed.

It has been found that as the device is of very small construction it may be placed upon the finger and it will not interfere with the operators work other than cutting the wrappers.

In using this device should the package be tied with cord it is not necessary to even remove the'cord for as the device moves across the wrapper and the cord engages the cutting edge 6 of the blade 5 the cord will be severed.

From the foregoing description it may be seen that I have provided a very simple and efficient device, and one by means of which the paper wrappers of packages may be readily removed from the said packages.

I do not wish to be limited to the particular construction shown, for it is obvious that rearwardly as may be seen from the drawing.

numerous changes may be made within the scope of the invention as defined by the claims.

'W'hat is claimed is 1. In adevice of the class described, a tubular body portion having a longitudinally extending hole therein,'the said body portion beingadapted to be mounted on the finger of an operator and the length of the hole being sufficient to-allow theoperator to insert his finger therein beyond the first joint, a flat finger formed integrally and extending forwardly from the body portion, a vertically disposed blade formed inte ally with the body portion and the said iger, the forward edge of said blade being joined to the finger a short distance rearwardly of blade formed integrally therewith, a cutting edge on said-blade being joined to the finger rearwardly of its forward end and ex- .tending upwardly and 'rearwardly therefrom, and means for attaching the'devic'e to the-finger of an operator.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my sig-nw ture, in the presence of two Witnesses.

SYLVESTER s; GIERHART.

Witnesses W. S. HURsT, WM. BEATTY. 

